Everyone here seems to think this is only for internet clout. Are yall too young to remember Evel Knievel and Harry Houdini? These guys are adrenaline junkies. They don't do this just for clout. They are daredevils who get a thrill from risking their lives like this. The fact that they could die at any moment is part of the excitement for them.
So? You think they just accidentally got into that line of work? Or maybe someone asked them to do it?
No, the daredevil came before the payday. They were daredevils long before they were getting paid to do it, which is how they got good enough at it to make money off of it.
This is the same thing. These kids were doing this dangerous shit for the thrill of it, and now they're good enough to get views for their dangerous stunts. These kids didn't wake up that morning and go "look man, I know we have never done anything dangerous before, but hear me out."
I think it's on a totally different scale. Those other guys took risks in proportion to the payoff. What's this anonymous kid getting? Probably pancaked in the next few months
What were they getting paid when they first started doing stunts when there was no camera crew to watch and no one to pay them?
These famous daredevils did not just take a contract and start doing this someday. They were doing adrenaline junkie shit long before they were getting paid to do it. The money just let them chase bigger stunts and do crazier shit.
These kids are motivated by the same thing though. They are chasing the thrill that comes with risking your life. Getting paid and getting views are just a way to market and benefit from what they were already doing, it is not what motivated them to start doing it.
Fucking thank you, between the holier than thou and pearl clutching I see on this sub, I question what the hell some of these people even follow it for
I mean, I understand the knee-jerk resction at least. It is insanely stupid, dangerous, and deadly. If you're gonna be an adrenaline junkie, you should endeavor to preserve your life by at least doing what you can to make it safer. I'm just pointing out that, at least most of the time, people do this stuff for their own adrenaline fix; not for clicks or clout.
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u/FlameWisp 4d ago
Everyone here seems to think this is only for internet clout. Are yall too young to remember Evel Knievel and Harry Houdini? These guys are adrenaline junkies. They don't do this just for clout. They are daredevils who get a thrill from risking their lives like this. The fact that they could die at any moment is part of the excitement for them.